Re: [Amc-list] Disposing of gas, oil, brake fluid and coolant

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, you really can't put anything down the toilet
except number 1 or number 2 here in CA.   Don't
believe what your local officials told you.  The
sewage treatment plant really only dilutes the
antifreeze.  Yes, in small concentrations I'm pretty
sure the bugs (bacteria) can deal metabolize it, but
it's still not a good idea.  Antifreeze (at least from
the big sources like radiator shops etc.) is recycled
here in CA.  You can get away with putting a little
antifreeze and gasoline too in the used motor oil when
you take it to be recycled, but any real strange odor
(or color) can cause it to be rejected at the
collection center.  It's up the person monitoring the
collection.  At my local Kragen's they often let me
dump my own oil into the collection tank, so I can get
away with some contamination.

I also use stale gas for cleaning really greasy parts
and I try to sneak as much of it as possible into the
motor oil which gets recycled.  I don't claim to be
perfect though.  I have used stale gas in my lawn
mower but I stopped doing that after having to rebuild
the lawn mower carburetor.   The parts for that
rebuild were not cheap.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
--- Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pollution or what?  :)
> 
> Evaporating gasoline only puts it into the air. Not
> good. That's why we have 
> evaporative pollution fighters on our cars and at
> the gas pump.
> 
> Putting oil/coolant, no matter how well emulsified
> down the toilet is the same 
> as just throwing it into the street. Still pollutes
> the water.
> 
> my 3 cents
> 
> K
> Quoting Arvon Griffiths <arfonrg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > 
> > >Per the rep - just let the old gas evaporate. Put
> it in a large 
> > >disposal pan (the turkey cooking kind!) and let
> it evaporate. The 
> > >idea is to increase the surface area so it will
> evaporate quickly.
> > 
> > I use it to start trash fires. Yes, I'm very
> careful...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Old motor oil? Off to any place you buy oil.
> > 
> > I put it in my oil can and re-use it for lube for
> bike chains, Chain 
> > saw chains, etc.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Old brake fluid? Mix it in with the oil (same
> with penetrating oils 
> > >like that snazzy Kroil, PB Blaster and Marvel
> Mystery Oil)
> > 
> > I very rarely have this but, I mix with Dawn dish
> soap to emulsify 
> > and down the toilet.  Sometimes if I have old
> kitty-litter, I mix 
> > with the kitty-litter and just throw away.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Coolant? Preferred method is to bring it in to a
> garage where they 
> > >know you. Reason is - used oil gets sold, but
> garages have to pay by 
> > >weight to get rid of coolant. Acceptable
> alternative if you are on 
> > >sewer lines is to mix it with water and pour it
> down the drain. The 
> > >city's filtration system will take care of it.
> > 
> > Down the toilet.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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